Ubisoft Boss Yves Guillemot Says Killing Discs Has Upsides
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Ubisoft Backs Sony Ending Physical Games Despite Presiding Over One of Gaming's Biggest Corporate Collapses
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is throwing his support behind one of the gaming industry’s most controversial decisions in years, arguing that Sony’s move to eliminate physical PlayStation games beginning in 2028 won’t meaningfully disrupt the business. Coming from almost any other executive, those comments would have sparked debate. Coming from the head of Ubisoft—a publisher that has become synonymous with missed expectations, canceled projects, l…
Ubisoft Boss Yves Guillemot Says Killing Discs Has Upsides
While customers, retailers, and even developers are bashing PlayStation for their recent announcement that any game made in 2028 will no longer have a physical disc associated with it, some are seeing the bright side. Ubisoft’s boss, Yves Guillemot, says killing discs has upsides. While speaking during the company’s most recent investor Q&A, Guillemot was asked about his thoughts on the announcement. According to him, it probably wouldn’t “distu…
As of January 2028, Sony will end the sale of PlayStation games on Disc and bet completely on digital sales. While players are protesting massively, the Ubisoft boss defends this strategic step with the success of the PC market. (Continue reading)
Sony's decision to phase out the physical format on PlayStation continues to be a debate in the video game industry. While many players, content creators and players in the sector are critical of this orientation towards the digital whole, some influential voices consider it to be a logical evolution of the market. [...] The Ubisoft article believes that the end of the physical format on PlayStation could benefit the industry first appeared on H…
The boss of Ubisoft does not expect to see the video game market deeply disturbed by the planned abandonment of physical media on PlayStation. For Yves Guillemot, switching to digital games could even help to make consoles more accessible in the future.
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